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TWA) SKY LI
VOL. 32, NO. 17
AUGUST 25, 1969
747 Preview
Given Pilots
Kansas City — Professional pilots who fly for leading U.S. corporations were given a preview of
the flight simulator which TWA
plans to use in training its pilots
prior to placing the Boeing 747
into service early next year.
Nearly 100 corporate pilots attending TWA's third annual pilot
seminar here saw motion pictures
of the new simulator which is now
undergoing acceptance tests at the
General Precision Division of
Singer Company in Binghamton,
New York. The simulator will be
installed next month in TWA's
satellite training center at JFK,
where 747 ground school training
has already begun.
TWA expects to be the first
airline to be operating the new
simulator for pilots of its 747 fleet,
15 of which are on order and 10
on option. Actual flight training
will begin here in November
when TWA takes delivery of its
first two superjets.
Captain U. J. Kampsen, staff vice
president of flight operations training, presented a motion picture
showing the big 747 simulator after
highlighting TWA's training program for the new aircraft.
Mounted on Tripod
The sophisticated training aid
requires a room 42 feet long, 38
feet wide and 30 feet high. It is
a replica of the Boeing 747 cockpit mounted on a hydraulically
controlled tripod which permits
every conceivable angle of flight.
The three-day seminar covered
a variety of the latest techniques
in flight training, many of which
TWA has developed. In addition
to specialty instructors from the
staff at the training center, other
speakers included Dr. Charles Kimball, president of Midwest Research Institute and TWA Board
member, who spoke on "The Impact of Science and Technology."
THE WINNER! Kansas City's Nancy Palmer, credit and collections representative, took first place in the Worldwide Jet Credit Card contest.
Gals Take the Prize(s)
In Credit Card Contest
Kansas City—A contest that sparkled with unique sales ideas,
staged by the credit department here, resulted in more than a
thousand TWA Worldwide Jet Credit cards being placed into
circulation within a six week span.
It was a contest charged with excitement right down to the final
day, August 8, when winners were announced.
Each day's mail brought in growing numbers of applications
which resulted in a see-sawing of position daily among the top
five contestants.
Even the climax was a real surprise, with a "dark horse" zooming
into the lead to nose out several
contenders vying for first place.
WASHINGTON TWAER Juanita Maddox rode the first eastbound global
flight all the way around the world. At JFK, purser Armin Menzel conducts
her aboard Flight 740 August 1. (Story on Page Three.)
The winner: Nancy Palmer,
credit and collections representative, Midtown building.
Second to fifth places, in the
order named, went to Linda Peas-
lee, Jeanne Callahan, Toni Smith
and Pat Peterson, all members of
the Worldwide Jet Credit department, located in the Centennial
building.
Each of the five winners will receive one additional pass for themselves and another for a member
of their family, together with two
nights in a hotel of their choice.
The contest evolved from suggestions made by Frank L. Salizzoni, assistant treasurer; Dale
Chaffin, director of personal credit,
and Don Cooper, supervisor of
credit approval, and members of
their respective staffs.
Mr. Salizzoni praised the ingenuity displayed by a number of the
employees in getting TWA's
family vacation credit cards into
wider use. "It was almost unbelievable how inventive and resourceful some were," he said.
Mrs. Palmer, employed by TWA
18 months, brought in 219 applications. Most came from relatives,
friends and neighbors, she said.
"I didn't have one refusal," she
commented, though she admits
she did quite a bit of talking be-
(Continued on Page Six)
Fired-Up TWA Sales Efforts
Help Fill First Pacific Flights
Los Angeles—The inaugural on August 1 of transpacific and
global service has evidently fired the sales efforts of TWAers around
the world for an "all-up" drive. During the first full week of service,
August 4-10, boarding figures over TWA's new route were far better
than anticipated.
The most significant factor, however, is that all but four domestic stations have sold passengers aboard the westbound flights out of
Los Angeles. (Houston, for exam-
Happ
mess
III:
Here are the third period Happy
Money results:
Reservations Center:
Group One Los Angeles, Phoenix, St. Louis
Group Two London, Milan,
Hong Kong / Manila / Tokyo
Passenger Terminals:
Group One Kansas City, St.
Louis/Los Angeles
(tie), San Francisco
Group Two Boston, Las Vegas,
Phoenix
Group Three Cincinnati, Louisville, Oklahoma
City
Group Four Midway / Atlanta
(Tie), Nashville,
Tucson / Oakland
(Tie)
Group Five Lisbon, Bome,
Frankfurt
Group Six Shannon, Hong
Kong, Cairo
MarketAir:
Group One St. Louis, Kansas
City, San Francisco
Group Two Newark, Pitt s-
burgh, Harrisburg
Group Three Zurich, Rome London
Cabin Services:
New York (D), Los Angeles, Chicago
pie, booked 46 seats from Los Angeles to Guam on August 3 and 49
seats eastbound on August 6. The
passengers were scientists, engineers
and technicians on rotating assignment to a research ship which plies
the Pacific for 55 days at a time.
The airborne undersea researchers
converged on Los Angeles from all
across the U.S. to board Flight
741.)
The average boarding at Los
Angeles, as "world center" for
TWA, during the seven-day period
was 90.6 passengers per flight,
with 53.3 bound for Honolulu and
a healthy 37.3 traveling beyond
Hawaii. There were such unexpectedly high boardings as 84 to
Okinawa, 61 to Guam and 59 to
Hong Kong.
Figures for the succeeding week,
while not complete, continue to
show considerable strength.
Through August 16, passenger
loads on Flight 741 out of Los
(Continued on Page Three)
Flight Deck:
New York
Angeles
(D), Chicago, Los
The final link in TWA's new
transpacific and global route was
forged August 15 with the start
of service to Taiwan. While
TWA began serving Hawaii,
Guam and Okinawa August 1,
service to Taiwan had been postponed pending conclusion of negotiations with the Republic of
China.
Taiwan is served each day on
the westbound round-the-world
flight and on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday on
the eastbound flight.
TOM CULHANE, SFO res agent (right), grabs for crystal ball (held by
Joe Schopp, manager-reservations) containing SFO's tirst $100 mystery
customer award in reservations. Tom's prize was awarded during a res
"Luau" party honoring TWA's new transpacific service.

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TWA) SKY LI
VOL. 32, NO. 17
AUGUST 25, 1969
747 Preview
Given Pilots
Kansas City — Professional pilots who fly for leading U.S. corporations were given a preview of
the flight simulator which TWA
plans to use in training its pilots
prior to placing the Boeing 747
into service early next year.
Nearly 100 corporate pilots attending TWA's third annual pilot
seminar here saw motion pictures
of the new simulator which is now
undergoing acceptance tests at the
General Precision Division of
Singer Company in Binghamton,
New York. The simulator will be
installed next month in TWA's
satellite training center at JFK,
where 747 ground school training
has already begun.
TWA expects to be the first
airline to be operating the new
simulator for pilots of its 747 fleet,
15 of which are on order and 10
on option. Actual flight training
will begin here in November
when TWA takes delivery of its
first two superjets.
Captain U. J. Kampsen, staff vice
president of flight operations training, presented a motion picture
showing the big 747 simulator after
highlighting TWA's training program for the new aircraft.
Mounted on Tripod
The sophisticated training aid
requires a room 42 feet long, 38
feet wide and 30 feet high. It is
a replica of the Boeing 747 cockpit mounted on a hydraulically
controlled tripod which permits
every conceivable angle of flight.
The three-day seminar covered
a variety of the latest techniques
in flight training, many of which
TWA has developed. In addition
to specialty instructors from the
staff at the training center, other
speakers included Dr. Charles Kimball, president of Midwest Research Institute and TWA Board
member, who spoke on "The Impact of Science and Technology."
THE WINNER! Kansas City's Nancy Palmer, credit and collections representative, took first place in the Worldwide Jet Credit Card contest.
Gals Take the Prize(s)
In Credit Card Contest
Kansas City—A contest that sparkled with unique sales ideas,
staged by the credit department here, resulted in more than a
thousand TWA Worldwide Jet Credit cards being placed into
circulation within a six week span.
It was a contest charged with excitement right down to the final
day, August 8, when winners were announced.
Each day's mail brought in growing numbers of applications
which resulted in a see-sawing of position daily among the top
five contestants.
Even the climax was a real surprise, with a "dark horse" zooming
into the lead to nose out several
contenders vying for first place.
WASHINGTON TWAER Juanita Maddox rode the first eastbound global
flight all the way around the world. At JFK, purser Armin Menzel conducts
her aboard Flight 740 August 1. (Story on Page Three.)
The winner: Nancy Palmer,
credit and collections representative, Midtown building.
Second to fifth places, in the
order named, went to Linda Peas-
lee, Jeanne Callahan, Toni Smith
and Pat Peterson, all members of
the Worldwide Jet Credit department, located in the Centennial
building.
Each of the five winners will receive one additional pass for themselves and another for a member
of their family, together with two
nights in a hotel of their choice.
The contest evolved from suggestions made by Frank L. Salizzoni, assistant treasurer; Dale
Chaffin, director of personal credit,
and Don Cooper, supervisor of
credit approval, and members of
their respective staffs.
Mr. Salizzoni praised the ingenuity displayed by a number of the
employees in getting TWA's
family vacation credit cards into
wider use. "It was almost unbelievable how inventive and resourceful some were," he said.
Mrs. Palmer, employed by TWA
18 months, brought in 219 applications. Most came from relatives,
friends and neighbors, she said.
"I didn't have one refusal," she
commented, though she admits
she did quite a bit of talking be-
(Continued on Page Six)
Fired-Up TWA Sales Efforts
Help Fill First Pacific Flights
Los Angeles—The inaugural on August 1 of transpacific and
global service has evidently fired the sales efforts of TWAers around
the world for an "all-up" drive. During the first full week of service,
August 4-10, boarding figures over TWA's new route were far better
than anticipated.
The most significant factor, however, is that all but four domestic stations have sold passengers aboard the westbound flights out of
Los Angeles. (Houston, for exam-
Happ
mess
III:
Here are the third period Happy
Money results:
Reservations Center:
Group One Los Angeles, Phoenix, St. Louis
Group Two London, Milan,
Hong Kong / Manila / Tokyo
Passenger Terminals:
Group One Kansas City, St.
Louis/Los Angeles
(tie), San Francisco
Group Two Boston, Las Vegas,
Phoenix
Group Three Cincinnati, Louisville, Oklahoma
City
Group Four Midway / Atlanta
(Tie), Nashville,
Tucson / Oakland
(Tie)
Group Five Lisbon, Bome,
Frankfurt
Group Six Shannon, Hong
Kong, Cairo
MarketAir:
Group One St. Louis, Kansas
City, San Francisco
Group Two Newark, Pitt s-
burgh, Harrisburg
Group Three Zurich, Rome London
Cabin Services:
New York (D), Los Angeles, Chicago
pie, booked 46 seats from Los Angeles to Guam on August 3 and 49
seats eastbound on August 6. The
passengers were scientists, engineers
and technicians on rotating assignment to a research ship which plies
the Pacific for 55 days at a time.
The airborne undersea researchers
converged on Los Angeles from all
across the U.S. to board Flight
741.)
The average boarding at Los
Angeles, as "world center" for
TWA, during the seven-day period
was 90.6 passengers per flight,
with 53.3 bound for Honolulu and
a healthy 37.3 traveling beyond
Hawaii. There were such unexpectedly high boardings as 84 to
Okinawa, 61 to Guam and 59 to
Hong Kong.
Figures for the succeeding week,
while not complete, continue to
show considerable strength.
Through August 16, passenger
loads on Flight 741 out of Los
(Continued on Page Three)
Flight Deck:
New York
Angeles
(D), Chicago, Los
The final link in TWA's new
transpacific and global route was
forged August 15 with the start
of service to Taiwan. While
TWA began serving Hawaii,
Guam and Okinawa August 1,
service to Taiwan had been postponed pending conclusion of negotiations with the Republic of
China.
Taiwan is served each day on
the westbound round-the-world
flight and on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday on
the eastbound flight.
TOM CULHANE, SFO res agent (right), grabs for crystal ball (held by
Joe Schopp, manager-reservations) containing SFO's tirst $100 mystery
customer award in reservations. Tom's prize was awarded during a res
"Luau" party honoring TWA's new transpacific service.